The State of Connecticut’s highest honor for technological achievement, the Medal of Technology, was presented this year to Yale Professor Tso-Ping (T.P.) Ma for his pioneering work in semiconductors.The Connecticut Medal of Technology is awarded by the...
Growing up, Matthew Eckelman couldn’t stand to see his parents toss a soda can in the garbage. “I was one of those kids who annoyed my parents to no end trying to get them to set up household recycling,” he says. “Now, they’re even more ardent about...
Projects created by celebrated architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) for New Haven and Yale University — designs that changed the face of the city and the campus — are the subject of an exhibition opening on Monday, Nov. 10, in the gallery of the newly...
Yale postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Aberle intends to get pretty hairy during November — and he’s encouraging others to do the same.In his native Australia, November is the month when many clean-shaven males grow a moustache as part of an annual fundraising...
Akhil Reed Amar, newly designated as Sterling Professor of Law, is a scholar of constitutional law, the Bill of Rights and criminal procedure.Amar is a co-editor of a leading law casebook, “Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking,” and is the author of...
Heather Kristin Gerken, the inaugural J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law, is one of the country’s leading experts on voting rights and election law, the role of groups in the democratic process and the relationship between diversity and democracy.Gerken is...
“No Boundaries: A Series of Global Performances” presented by the Yale Repertory Theatre and the World Performance Project at Yale, will kick off its 2008-2009 season Nov. 10-15 with a Festival of International Dance.The festival features new work by...
The important role that books continue to play in an age in which information is so easily accessed and disseminated will be examined in an academic conference on Friday, Nov. 14, marking the 100th anniversary of the Yale University Press.“Why Books...
Joseph W. Gordon, acting dean of Yale College, has announced the 2008 recipients of three annual awards for outstanding junior faculty: the Arthur Greer Memorial Prize, the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Prize, and the Poorvu Family Award.Each prize carries an...
The University’s fundraising appeal has long been critical in helping the United Way of Greater New Haven address the pressing issues facing the community, but just as valuable are the individual efforts of Yale volunteers, say United Way officials.To...